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Statistics has become politicized through questionable interpretations of polling and crime data specifically with respect to various demographic markers. Increasing skepticism towards the field is a product of ideological division. No science is immune from its scientists and most humans are irrational creatures with emotive drivers.

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There certainly has been widespread misuse (and probably intentional abuse) of statistics, but is it fair to blame the field for that?

It's very often an outsider misusing statistics, while professional statisticians who point out the mistakes are ignored.

I think this is mostly unavoidable whenever your field of study bumps up against politics and money. Economics has the same problem but perhaps worse in some ways, as there is less rigor.

I don't know how much of the blame you should assign to the field, in that.

How is any of that related to this article? This is about applications of formal mathematics, and the criticism (not skepticism) used by the author is in no way connected to the point you’re making.

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